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Photos of the day 09/19

( Updated: 09/19/2013 )

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A giant yellow duck sits at the Glory Pier in the port of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Despite the heat, thousands flocked to the port of Kaohsiung, the first leg of the Taiwan tour, to see Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman's famous 18 meter (59 foot) yellow duck, a gigantic version of the iconic bathtub toy used by children around the world. Wally Santana/AP

A music band, composed of aquarium employees, performs under water to entertain visitors at the Tianjin Haichang Polar Ocean World in north China's Tianjin Municipality. The ocean park formed a 'ocean band' for the Mid-Autumn Festival to attract visitors. AP

Artists with their painted bodies and wearing tiger masks perform during the annual 'Pulikali' or Tiger Dance in Thrissur, in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Pulikali is a colorful recreational folk art revolving around the theme of tiger hunting, performed to entertain people during Onam, an annual harvest festival. Arun Sankar K./AP

Roberto Castillo, dressed as a magician, performs on a busy street in Managua September 18. Castillo earns about $3 a day through his street performances. Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters

Carl Brooks of West Orange, New Jersey, attends the Mayors Against Illegal Guns press conference and rally on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Brooks has lost a brother and nephew to gun violence. Gary Cameron/Reuters

US Army Honor Guard Spc. Steven Fleming stands at attention during a Warriors Walk tree dedication ceremony, in Fort Stewart, Ga. The 466 trees planted on Warriors Walk serve as a living monument to soldiers serving with the 3rd Infantry Division since the war in Iraq in 2003. Stephen Morton/AP

Egyptian security forces take cover during clashes with suspected militants, not pictured, in the town of Kerdasa, near Giza Pyramids, Egypt. Egyptian security forces backed by armored vehicles and military helicopters laid a siege on an Islamists’ stronghold near Giza Pyramids and exchanged fire with what official news agency identified as 'terrorist and criminal elements.' Ahmed Gomaa/AP

Evacuees line up to receive their food ration as fighting between government forces and Muslim rebels continues in Zamboanga city in southern Philippines. The Philippine president has asked the last remaining pockets of rebel holdouts still holding residents hostage in coastal communities in the south to surrender and save their lives. Bullit Marquez/AP

Palestinian children light candles during a protest against power cuts and the blockade on the Gaza Strip. Israel imposed a blockade on Gaza in 2007 after its enemy, Islamist group Hamas, seized control of the territory in a brief civil war with Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah party. Suhaib Salem/Reuters

A 118.28-carat white diamond is displayed by a model at a press preview at Sotheby's auction house in Hong Kong. The oval stone will be auctioned off in Hong Kong on Oct. 7 and has a pre-sale estimate of US$28 million to $35 million. The current record for any white diamond is US$26.7 million. Vincent Yu/AP

Tourists look at a traditional yacht sailing on the Mediterranean Sea during the Regatta of Nice in southeastern France. The regatta, which has been held annually since 2008, aims to highlight the strong historical ties to yachting, which was introduced at the end of the 19th century, in the region. /Lionel Cironneau/AP

People sit next to a figurine of Apple's co-founder Steve Jobs and an apple as they wait for the release of Apple's new iPhone 5S near the Apple Store at Tokyo's Ginza shopping district a day before the iPhone 5S goes on sale. Toru Hanai/Reuters

A Pakistani gestures to his friends, not pictured, while cooling off in a waterfall in Islamabad, Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen/AP

A woman hugs a man before entering the Washington Navy Yard as employees return to work. The Washington Navy Yard returned to nearly normal operations three days after it was the scene of a mass shooting in which a gunman killed 12 people. Charles Dharapak/AP

Railroad tracks are undercut by flooding in Longmont, Colo. Rescuers continued efforts to reach stranded victims, while electricity and phone services were being restored to ravaged areas, allowing residents to contact family, friends or authorities. Ed Andrieski/AP

A worker tightens a rope to raise a four-metre-high (13 ft) statue of horses at a new housing complex at Parung village in Bogor, Indonesia's West Java province. Beawiharta/Reuters

A staff member puts finishing touches to the hands of a wax figure of German Chancellor Angela Merkel before its presentation at the Madame Tussauds wax museum in Berlin. The new wax figure of Merkel, which is the second in Madame Tussauds collection, has been modeled on photographs from this year's campaign events for the upcoming general election, a spokeswoman of the museum said. Thomas Peter/Reuters

Jerry Maren, one of 'The Munchkins' from the 1939 movie 'The Wizard of Oz,' shows his hands after placing his handprints in cement in the forecourt of the TLC Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, Calif., September 18. Mario Anzuoni/Reuters

A Massachusetts Water Resources Authority wind turbine turns in front of a 1951 megawatt fossil fuel power plant in Charlestown, Massachusetts September 18. The wind turbine powers the MWRA waste water pumping station at that site and the power plant uses natural gas and oil. This is an in-camera, multiple exposure photograph. Brian Snyder/Reuters

Journalists arrive at a mock-up of a container in the Mont Terri rock laboratory in St-Ursanne, Western Switzerland. The international project is researching the hydrogeological, geochemical and geotechnical characteristics of a clay formation (Opalinus Clay). Clay formations are being considered in various countries for the deep geological disposal of radioactive waste. Picture taken with a fisheye lens. Denis Balibouse/Reuters

A dog runs along the beach at sunset in Leucadia, Calif., September 18. Mike Blake/Reuters